Thanks for the timely post from @atedge on this Veterans Day…

Thanks for the timely post from @atedge on this Veterans Day…

Thanks for the timely post from @atedge on this Veterans Day with an image and quote from a shoot I did for @thefader.
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â€œI didnâ€™t receive an education on my heritage growing up, so I grew up like a lot of Mexican-Americans feeling confused and with lots of questions about our identity, where we come from, and really just feeling less than. A big part of why I joined the Marine Corps was that I wanted to feel included. I wanted to come back home to my family, who are all first generation Mexican-Americans, and say look, we have a place here, we belong here. But the truth is, there was no need for that because we already belonged here and were part of this country.â€
This portrait of social worker and veteran Eduardo Rodriguez was taken during a protest at the Texas Capitol Complex. Students, activists, academics, politicians, and veterans gathered in response to the approval of a textbook that is suppose to cover Mexican-American culture and history, but instead has been proven to include hundreds of inaccuracies that promote blatantly racist stereotypes. The quote above was Rodriguezâ€™s response to the question â€œWhat lesson do you hope kids learn in school that you didnâ€™t?â€ At Edge Photographer Matthew Johnson // @mynameismattjohnson #atedge (at Austin, Texas)https://www.instagram.com/p/BqGhw5qFjSF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xu50ca4jklf6‘>https://www.instagram.com/p/BqGhw5qFjSF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xu50ca4jklf6